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Aug 6
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ECM Favorites

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I've been listening to the ECM record label since the 1970s. You can always count on ECM to put out interesting and sometimes great records.

My favorite ECM release is Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." It's not only my favorite ECM album, it's one of my top albums of all-time. A real desert island record for me. A few of my other favorite regular ECM artists are Steve Tibbetts, Eberhard Weber & Pat Metheny. 

We had a discussion about our favorite ECM recordings over on Mixcloud. You can read or join in the thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/posts/favorite-ecm-albums/

I decided it wouyld be cool to make a mix of my top ten favorite ECM albums. I put it together in chronological order, starting with Ralph Towner & a fantastic version of Icarus. And ending with a 2017 album from Björn Meyer.

Please leave a comment with some of your favorites in the comments and enjoy this little journey through ECM.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00   Ralph Towner - Icarus (Diary 1974)
  • 06:08   Pat Metheny - Sirabhorn (Bright Size Life 1976)
  • 11:28   Eberhard Weber - Moana I (The Following Morning 1976)
  • 19:54   Steve Reich - Pulses (Music For 18 Musicians 1978)
  • 25:08   Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls
  • Wichita Falls (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980)
  • 32:45   Steve Tibbetts - Ur (Yr 1988)
  • 40:15   Jan Gabarek - Parce Mihi Domine(de Morales) (Officium 1993)
  • 45:40   Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (Alina 2000)
  • 54:30   Jon Hassell - Blue Period (Last Night The Moon Came Dropping
  • Its Clothes In The Street 2009)
  • 61:20   Björn Meyer - Pulse (Provenance 2017)
  • 64:05   end
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